Leon Edwards (22-5, 10) was born in Kingston, Jamaica on August 25, 1991. At the age of 19 years on June 5, 2011, he made his professional MMA debut against Damian Zlotnicki, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.
On November 8, 2014, 23-year old Leon Edwards made his UFC debut on his 10th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux against a 32-year old Cláudio Silva but lost the fight via split decision.
He became the UFC welterweight champion on August 20, 2022 at age 30 on his 24th professional MMA fight at UFC 278 after defeating a 35-year old Kamaru Usman via 5th-round KO.
Edwards' last fight was a 4th-round submission loss to Sean Brady at UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Brady at age 33 on March 22, 2025. He is on a 2-fight losing streak.
He has fought 19 times in the UFC, and has a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 1 no-contest in the promotion.
Some of Leon Edwards' best fights have been against Kamaru Usman, Colby Covington, Seth Baczynski, Peter Sobotta, Dominic Waters, Albert Tumenov and Paweł Pawlak.
Edwards has 5 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
28  | Mar 22, 2025 33 years, 6 months 22-5 (10) | 32 years, 3 months 17-1 (7) | UFC | WL | 4 | SUB | LOSS Guillotine choke |
27  | Jul 27, 2024 32 years, 11 months 22-4 (10) | 36 years 23-3 (6) | UFC | WL | 5 | UD | LOSS Lost UFC welterweight title |
26  | Dec 16, 2023 32 years, 3 months 22-3 (10) | 35 years, 9 months 17-3 (8) | UFC | WL | 5 | UD | WIN Defended UFC welterweight title |
25  | Mar 18, 2023 31 years, 6 months 21-3 (10) | 35 years, 10 months 20-2 (10) | UFC | WL | 5 | MD | WIN Defended UFC welterweight title |
24 | Aug 20, 2022 30 years, 11 months 20-3 (10) | 35 years, 3 months 20-1 (10) | UFC | WL | 5 | KO | WIN Head kick Won UFC welterweight title |
23  | Jun 12, 2021 29 years, 9 months 19-3 (9) | 36 years, 1 months 20-12 (15) | UFC | WL | 5 | UD | WIN |
22 | Mar 13, 2021 29 years, 6 months 18-3 (9) | 32 years, 8 months 18-3 (5) | UFC | WL | 2 | NC | NC Accidental eye poke |
21  | Jul 20, 2019 27 years, 10 months 18-3 (9) | 34 years, 8 months 29-11 (15) | UFC | WL | 5 | UD | WIN |
20  | Mar 16, 2019 27 years, 6 months 17-3 (9) | 30 years, 7 months 17-3-1 (16) | UFC | WL | 3 | SD | WIN |
19  | Jun 23, 2018 26 years, 9 months 16-3 (9) | 35 years, 2 months 33-10 (25) | UFC | WL | 5 | UD | WIN |
18  | Mar 17, 2018 26 years, 6 months 15-3 (9) | 31 years, 2 months 17-5-1 (15) | UFC | WL | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches |
17  | Sep 2, 2017 26 years 14-3 (8) | 28 years, 3 months 13-4 (11) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
16  | Mar 18, 2017 25 years, 6 months 13-3 (8) | 25 years, 3 months 11-5-1 (9) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
15  | Oct 8, 2016 25 years, 1 months 12-3 (8) | 24 years, 9 months 16-4 (11) | UFC | WL | 3 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
14 | May 8, 2016 24 years, 8 months 11-3 (7) | Dominic Waters | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
13 | Dec 19, 2015 24 years, 3 months 10-3 (7) | 28 years, 7 months 6-1 (6) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | LOSS |
12  | Jul 18, 2015 23 years, 10 months 10-2 (7) | 26 years, 5 months 11-1 (9) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
11  | Apr 11, 2015 23 years, 7 months 9-2 (7) | 33 years, 4 months 19-12 (17) | UFC | WL | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
10  | Nov 8, 2014 23 years, 2 months 8-2 (6) | 32 years, 2 months 10-1 (8) | UFC | WL | 3 | SD | LOSS |
9 | Sep 13, 2014 23 years 8-1 (6) | Shaun Taylor | WL | 3 | KO | WIN Punch | |
8 | May 5, 2014 22 years, 8 months 7-1 (5) | Wayne Murrie | WL | 3 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
7 | Dec 14, 2013 22 years, 3 months 6-1 (4) | Wendle Lewis | WL | 1 | KO | WIN Punches | |
6 | Sep 13, 2013 22 years 5-1 (3) | Adam Boussif | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Arm-triangle choke | |
5 | Dec 1, 2012 21 years, 3 months 4-1 (2) | Jonathan Bilton | WL | 2 | TKO | WIN Knees | |
4 | Nov 3, 2012 21 years, 2 months 3-1 (1) | Craig White | WL | 2 | UD | WIN | |
3 | Feb 25, 2012 20 years, 6 months 2-1 (1) | Delroy McDowell | WL | 3 | DQ | LOSS Illegal knee | |
2 | Nov 19, 2011 20 years, 2 months 2-0 (1) | Pawel Zwiefka | MD | 3 | UD | WIN | |
1 | Jun 5, 2011 19 years, 9 months 1-0 (1) | Damian Zlotnicki | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
